http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/paxville/ Paxville, SC News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/paxville/content/9ac0e90dd751e076668aa941c2470b10.html A chaplain with the SC Department of Corrections was killed after the motorcycle he was driving was struck from behind by a car on Interstate 20 in Lee County The Sumter Item is reportingpThe Rev Wilbert Wilks of Conway died Wednesday morning at a Florence hospital according to reports Wilks was a chaplain at Lee Correctional Institution in BishopvillepThe accident is being investigated by the Lee County Sheriff's Department at the request of the SC Highway Patrol to avoid possible conflict of interest the newspaper said Wilks has a son who serves with the Highway PatrolpReports indicate the driver of the car has been charged in the accidentp From Staff Reports http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/paxville/content/cf813fa4d4d43278b5e374ff4e354d59.html Lowcountry historians reenactors and other groups met last month to throw out some ideas for commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War They came up with plenty of ideas They just have to figure out a way to pay for it all http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/paxville/content/fc0db7a4d89f231548b380f396a97991.html A state trooper seen on video hitting a fleeing suspect on foot with his patrol car at a Columbia apartment complex in 2007 has been charged with a federal civil rights violationpTrooper Alexander Richardson is accused of using excessive force against Kevin Rucker on April 28 2007 at Columbia Garden Apartments on Plowden Road according to documents filed Tuesday in US District Court in ColumbiapRichardson 46 is the third current or former Highway Patrol trooper since June to face federal civil rights chargespFirst Assistant US Attorney Kevin McDonald said Wednesday he doesn8217;t expect any more troopers will be charged in the cases his office has reviewed since last yearp8220;I8217;m not aware of any other pending investigations regarding troopers at this time8221; he said 8220;The State Law Enforcement Division provided a number of files to us and we looked at every one of them8221; http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/paxville/content/ffd7ae488f7dc2850972659a90a98528.html The upcoming 150th anniversary of the Civil War unlike the commemorations of a half century ago will be marked with a broader more reverent recounting of the bloody struggle that wrenched a nation http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/paxville/content/88ca40240280186df402640a01a29c9e.html Lowcountry historians reenactors and other groups met last month to throw out some ideas for commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/paxville/content/060ccf3cba268fdb31689d00a54de8cd.html COLUMBIA A former state trooper captured on a dashboard video repeatedly kicking a truck driver in the head after a long chase in 2006 pleaded guilty Monday to a federal civil rights chargeJohn Sawyer 34 of Latta faces a maximum 10 years in prison and a 250000 fine when sentenced although he probably will receive a lighter penalty under federal sentencing guidelines http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/paxville/content/fc7989f608ec8b09e5456a88036ffd98.html COLUMBIA A South Carolina exconvict accused of answering a knock at his door on Halloween night by spraying the front of his house with bullets and killing a 12yearold trickortreater pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a federal weapons chargeQuentin Lamar Patrick is accused of killing TJ Darrisaw who died in a rain of at least 29 bullets Patrick 22 entered his plea during an arraignment on a charge of being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition an offense connected to two guns found in his Sumter home http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/paxville/content/3b776dc2c16cf6254f3bf102467c55bc.html When neighbors found Geraldine and Lee Hileman they first thought someone had intentionally hurt them It turns out the couple died together from natural causes